dahar

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr, “back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːr/
• Homophone: dar

Noun

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

1. (anatomy) back
   • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:

     f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
     tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
     isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
     għoddha qalftitni fatat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:

     […] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.

     King James Version translation: […] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Inflection

Inflection of dahar

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	dahri		daharna
	2nd person	dahrek		daharkom
	3rd person	dahru	daharha	daharhom
plural	1st person	{{{3}}}i		{{{3}}}na
	2nd person	{{{3}}}ek		{{{3}}}kom
	3rd person	{{{3}}}u	{{{3}}}ha	{{{3}}}hom

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	{{{le}}}
lemes ka sorangan	neda
lemes ka batur	tuang
loma	dahar
cohag	hakan, jablog, nyatu

Etymology

Derived from Old Javanese ḍahar (“food, meal”). Cognate with Javanese dhahar, Balinese ᬤᬳᬃ.

Verb

dahar (Sundanese script ᮓᮠᮁ)

1. (loma) to eat

Derived terms

• kadaharan (“food”)